Tag: Kaizen

“You’re Not Developing Your People,” says Norman Bodek

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By Norman Bodek, PCS Press Note: This originally appeared recently on the NWLean email list. This is re-printed with Norman's permission. Consider it a preview...

U.S. Army saving $2 Billion from LSS

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Army ArticleWe've had a few posts about the LSS efforts of the military, including the Army and Air Force.Here's an article from the Army...

Everyone’s Job is To Do Things Better?

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Seth's Blog: "It's always like this"Seth Godin has an example of chronic waste and poor planning at New York's Javits Convention Center. He,...

Employee Driven Improvement at Southwest

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Seconds count for Southwest | Dallas Morning NewsHere was a nice article from the Dallas paper a week ago about kaizen-type activities at Southwest...

An Important Application of Personal Kaizen

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Comprehensive Drug & Alcohol Treatment Facility is First of its Kind in the StateFormer classmate and blog reader Chris and I always used to...

Lean & Six Sigma Traps to Avoid

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Article LinkThanks to Ron for sending this article my way. Check out his excellent blog post on the difference between being fast and...

Lean Blog Podcast #21 – Norman Bodek on Building People with...

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Listen: LeanBlog Podcast Episode #21 features our friend and frequent guest, Norman Bodek, noted lean author, consultant, and President of PCS Press. In this Podcast, we...

What you Learn by Just Observing

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Recently, I spent a few days doing some current state assessment work with a healthcare billing environment. I spent my time shadowing employees,...

Toyota’s Fujio Cho: Act. Improve. Repeat.

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Business 2.0 - Magazine Article Improve. This was in a magazine that hit my mailbox yesterday, an interview with Toyota's CEO. The company was named...